Competitions · India

mcubes Open 2022

Alappuzha, Kerala · 13 August 2022 · 9 events · 109 competitors · 87 personal bests

Chetan Roger Dhanjal won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Hari A. Deepak by 0.07 seconds. 109 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chetan Roger Dhanjal set the Skewb average national record: 2.78.

Three wins

Chetan Roger Dhanjal — 4×4, 5×5, Skewb

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Hari A. Deepak over Muhammed Shehzad Khan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hari A. Deepak	7.72	9.18
2×2	Anuj Sandesh Salvi	2.16	3.00
4×4	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	29.61	34.25
5×5	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	1:02.62	1:07.77
3×3 blindfolded	Saiyam Jain	58.04	—
3×3 one-handed	Sidharth Thachilath Sudheer	14.06	15.39
Clock	Sukant Koul	5.93	6.22
Pyraminx	Viswath Kumaraa Kesavaraj	2.15	3.02
Skewb	Chetan Roger Dhanjal	2.53	2.78

The PB harvest

87 set · 29 still standing

Advaidh Manazhy — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Yash Tornekar — 3×3 single 11.03: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Aswin Raj — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Pranav Suresh — 3×3 single 11.82: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Akshay Pradeep Kumar — 4×4 single 45.23: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Niranjan Ajith — 3×3 single 15.25: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Pranav Suresh — Skewb single 6.31: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
Vaisakh V. Namboothiri — 2×2 single 4.14: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 476 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Hari A. Deepak won it with a 9.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1F R' U' R B2 U2 L' U2 R' D2 L' U2 F U' L' F' D L2 D
2U R' D R D' B' D2 F' R' F2 U2 R2 F D2 B U2 B' L2 D
3D2 R U R' F B2 L D2 F R2 B L2 D2 B L2 B2 R2 B' R
4L' D' R2 U2 R F2 U2 R' F2 L B2 L F2 D F' D' U F' U F2
5U R2 F2 D2 U' B2 U' L2 F2 L2 B D L U' R2 B2 D' L B' R'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.